Looking for a new home.....

I have a Zwergnase Junior Avery from 2017 who is looking for a new home.  She has never been undressed or even had her hairstyle combed or changed in any way.  Absolutely excellent condition and comes with her travel bag and will be packed securely for her journey to her new home.

Avery has been here since new, I bought her directly from the Zwergnase company in Germany at the end of 2016.  She will come fully dressed in her navy blue, red and white polkadot outfit which includes a shoulder bag and the Zwergnase 'trademark' over sized suede boots.  If you don't want the outfit and prefer the doll to arrive nude, we can adjust the price accordingly.

Avery has long thick wigged deep brown hair and handpainted blue eyes, she also has a sprinkling of freckles over her nose and cheeks.  

Here are some photos that I took last year:

I am asking 135 euros for the dressed doll and am open to offers.  I am also open to trades with people who I know well or who have good feedback on doll forums.  I am looking for another Kidz n Cats doll to customise!!  I would prefer the doll to come with it's default outfit as I do like the KnC clothing, but if the outfit is not available then that's fine too.  I would also consider a doll by Sylvia Natterer. 

Please email me if you're interested in either purchase or trade on:

dambuster0662@gmail.com

Thanks very much for reading, have a lovely day :)

Feliz Año Nuevo ~ Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everybody, and I hope you've all had a lovely Christmas if you celebrate it, or if not, that you have had a peaceful and enjoyable holiday season!

I had a nice but quiet Christmas here in Malaga with Brian, my mum and my brother John, who were both over here for two weeks from the 18th December.  They came a bit earlier this year so it seemed that Christmas started early, which of course meant that I wasn't prepared for it!!  Anyway, it was lovely to have them here with us.

I ended 2017 a lot lighter than I started it, and a lot fitter too.  I have now lost 50 pounds or 23 kilos, since the end of June and 17.5 centimetres off the circumference of my waist.  I'm feeling so much better about myself and my confidence has started to return.  I continue with my morning walks with Lucy, our Miniature Pinscher, and still enjoy my aquagym classes at the local municipal pool, although we are currently on holiday from classes until after The Three Kings (5th January), which means we all start back next Tuesday.  I admit that I've missed the classes because as well as being good exercise, they are also a fun time spent with a nice bunch of ladies!

On the dolly front, I have been busy customising a Kidz n Cats doll called Alice who arrived here just before Christmas.  I bought her with the sole intention of giving her a new look as I really enjoy that part of the doll hobby.  I finished her yesterday and am pleased with how she has turned out.  Here are a few photos of her:

It is very windy today as you can see from the first photo below!

The only problem is now that I've finished working on her, I want to do more!!! 

As well as the above custom, I'm itching to get back to sewing.  At the large local craft show at the beginning of December I bought some really nice fat quarters and also I had a gift of a bunch of great fabric from a dear friend of mine in Australia, so I'm really keen to make something for my girls.  So hopefully I will get started very soon.

Apart from that, I have decided that although I don't usually 'do' New Year's Resolutions, as I always fall by the wayside before the end of January, this year I'm going to try to keep more up to date with my blog!!!  Yes, I've been terrible about keeping up with posting for months now, so wish me luck with that!  And also, I am going to try to keep up with the blogs I follow too, I'm so sorry that I don't always comment on blog posts these days, I just don't know where the time goes to....sometimes I don't switch my laptop on for days on end, so I'm hoping to remedy that too :)

Finally, I just wanted to thank you all for continuing to look out for my blog posts despite them being so scarce these days, I very much appreciate your continued interest and your kind comments.  I promise to do my best to post more this year!

Big hugs and a really great 2018!!!!
Sharon xxx

The Third Newbie!

As promised I am sharing here a few photos of the third new BJD that I mentioned in my previous post.  Unfortunately things haven't quite gone to plan yet and she is still waiting for a professional faceup, however, because I wanted to take photos of her, I thought that I would give her a temporary and very basic faceup myself. 

I'm not as happy with this faceup as I was with the previous one I did on my Volks doll, but it did enable me to feel more happy about dressing her and taking some photos.  Her face was a much tinier 'canvas' to work on and her eye openings are really, really small, so a real struggle to get the upper eyelashes attached, but hopefully you will think she 'passes muster' for the time being until she can be done properly!

So without further ado, here is Gala, she is Adori, a Yosd sized, all resin, fully jointed BJD from Harucasting of South Korea.   Haru offers many different shades of resin and I chose Milky Tan for my girl.  She is approx 26cm tall, wears a size 6/7 inch wig and has tiny 10mm eyes.

Thank you for visiting, I hope you've liked seeing this new little girlie of mine.  I hope those of you who're experiencing bad weather in the form of heavy snow, keep safe and warm.

Have a great week!

Big hugs Sharon x

It's been a while....but a little dolly activity!

Once again I'm writing that I can't believe how neglected my poor blog is!!  I'm beginning to sound like a stuck record, but I have no excuses, I've just not really been in the dolly frame of mind for months now but finally I have a bit of dolly news so thought I would share.

Back in the summer I placed a couple of orders with companies in South Korea for BJDs (ball jointed dolls) and as most of you will know now, you order, you pay and then you WAIT!!!  I placed one order in July with expected shipping date of mid September and another order in September with expected shipping date of late December, and Sods Law, the July order was more than a month late in shipping and even more surprising for me, the September order was a month early!  So both dolls arrived within a few days of one another!!! 

In the meantime I also purchased another BJD from someone in the US and so I have three new BJDs to show you but will start with just two as one is still waiting for her face to be painted.

The first doll I want to show you is a Volks Super Dollfie Midi, she is 42cm tall and her skin tone is a light tan which Volks call 'Sunlight skin'.  She came to me blank and although I bought her secondhand from a seller in the US, she is like brand new with all her defaults still sealed in their packaging.  She is a lovely heavy doll and I had planned initially to send her to a faceup artist to have her face done but in the end I decided to do it myself.  I made a start this morning and finished her a few hours later.  I'm very pleased with how she's come out.  Outfit is by a company called Tree Designs in South Korea.  Now she needs a name :)

The second doll that I want to show you is from the South Korean company, Secretdoll, and she is a Meng, Version 4, in tanned resin.  She is 17.5cm tall and as you can see is a little cutie with her big head and pouty face!  She has a default faceup, wig and glass eyes.  Her outfit consists of corderoy flares made by me and a little knitted sweater by Feltland here in Spain. 

I have decided to call her Marley!

Here she is with Valentine, my tanned Person #21 also from Secretdoll.  The new doll has a much better body and posing ability than the older girl, but I think they work quite well together.

The third girl to arrive is a tanned Adori from Harucasting, also in South Korea but I will keep her under wraps for now until she has her faceup.  Hopefully she will go to my friend Olga, Vainilladolly, very soon, to be made beautiful!!!

In other news I continue to walk in the mornings and go to my aquagym classes and have now lost 44 pounds and 13cm from my waist!!!  I still have a long way to go but am feeling so much better about myself :)

Here are a few photos that I've taken on my walks:

I just spent a weekend with my family in the UK and although it felt bitterly cold to me (and I came back with a stinker of a cough and cold) I had a great time seeing them. 

Some photos from my UK morning walking!!!

Worthing pier:

Elegant houses on Worthing seafront:

Chichester cathedral:

Chichester main street:

Hayling Island:

 
I won't see my son now until about February when he hopes to come over to Spain for a visit, but my mum and brother will be coming here for Christmas from the 18th December!

My son Brendan and his wife Virginia in Hayling Island:

Well, I hope you enjoyed my photos.  Here's wishing you all a great week ahead, thanks so much for visiting!

Big hugs Sharon xxx

A doll for sale, sewing and more morning walking.....

I am having another small clear out to make way for a new doll....or three!  And so the following girl is looking for a new home.  She is a Fairyland Mini Fee Chloe in tanned skin, with a beautiful custom faceup by Caroline of Viridian House in Scotland.  She is resin, fully jointed, 40cm tall, slim ball jointed doll.  She has the 'cutie' legs and medium sized bust.   I am asking what I paid for her $600 plus postage, but am open to offers!  She is lovely but I admit that I prefer really young looking girl BJDs. Chloe will travel nude and bald to her new home but I will include random eyes.  Please excuse the dusty eyes in this photo!!  The shame!!!!

You might recognise her dressed:

Also on the dolly front, I did a bit of sewing last week and Brodie, my Iplehouse BID Bordy, was happy to be the recipient of the dress.  I used an old Sasha smocked dress pattern and reduced it by mega amounts...(goodness knows how much, I've slept since then! ;) ).  I used a thick cotton fabric for the main body of the smock and used a 'shabby chic' design quilters cotton for the collar and cuffs.  Unfortunately the sleeves are a bit too long but I'll adjust the pattern next time.  I'm sure Brodie will grow into it!!! 

Finally for today, a few photos from this mornings walk.  We found another new route which took us even higher up into the olive groves and then walked back down and then along the beach which was deserted except for a neighbour swimming with her two dogs. 

Someone has been busy making a circle of stones in what are actually the abandoned 'footings' of an apartment block facing the beach.....

And finally, a small little house in ruins, which is located in a field nearby.  The 'house' is tiny, made up of just two rooms, one is approx 2m by 2m, with a small archway into an even tinier room.  At the back (which is the front in this photo) is a largish stone horse trough.   And the wall on the right of the photo is part of a water depository.  At one point there was obviously electricity and running water to the property, but it has all gone now.

I hope everyone has a lovely week ahead and thank you for stopping by!

Hugs Sharon x